Editorials

EDITORIAL – Regional farmers’ market should be a dog-free zone

June 9, 2022 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DOGS BRING MUCH JOY to our lives. I’ve had dogs my whole life, and the times between dogs have always been less happy than the times with [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City’s tree-protection bylaw needs to start protecting trees

June 8, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE CAN’T BLAME developers for sticking to the rules. Question is, of course, whether those rules are always good enough. City [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ArriveCAN travel app needs to be either fixed or scrapped

June 7, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DESPITE ALL THE WHINING of those who don’t like COVID-19 mandates, for the most part they have been necessary and effective. We need to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Welcome aboard the Imperial-metric bandwagon, Boris

June 6, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT DO THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE and FireSmart have in common? I’ll explain. I was at a community FireSmart meeting the other night in which [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New federal bill has a good shot at reducing handgun crime

June 2, 2022 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS about the federal government’s handgun bill is that it abandons the ridiculous notion of offloading the problem [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New drug plan is no panacea but it beats doing nothing

June 1, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘HELPING TO REDUCE STIGMA through decriminalization’ was the headline on a B.C. government news release yesterday. It’s about the [Continue]